American Assets Trust (AAT) Competitors

LXP Industrial Trust (NYSE:LXP) and American Assets Trust (NYSE:AAT) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings and risk.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, LXP or AAT?

American Assets Trust has higher revenue and earnings than LXP Industrial Trust. American Assets Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than LXP Industrial Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
LXP Industrial Trust	$361.07M	7.09	$44.53M	$0.20	43.25
American Assets Trust	$455.77M	2.74	$72.82M	$1.27	16.11

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of LXP or AAT?

93.5% of LXP Industrial Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of American Assets Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of LXP Industrial Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 36.8% of American Assets Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, LXP or AAT?

LXP Industrial Trust has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Assets Trust has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is LXP or AAT more profitable?

American Assets Trust's return on equity of 4.98% beat LXP Industrial Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LXP Industrial Trust	12.40%	2.15%	1.13%
American Assets Trust	12.40%	4.98%	1.80%

Does the media prefer LXP or AAT?

In the previous week, LXP Industrial Trust had 4 more articles in the media than American Assets Trust. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for LXP Industrial Trust and 1 mentions for American Assets Trust. LXP Industrial Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat American Assets Trust's score of 0.00 indicating that LXP Industrial Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
LXP Industrial Trust	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
American Assets Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LXP or AAT?

American Assets Trust received 100 more outperform votes than LXP Industrial Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.07% of users gave American Assets Trust an outperform vote while only 50.75% of users gave LXP Industrial Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LXP Industrial Trust	Outperform Votes 272 50.75%	Underperform Votes 264 49.25%
American Assets Trust	Outperform Votes 372 66.07%	Underperform Votes 191 33.93%

Is LXP or AAT a better dividend stock?

LXP Industrial Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. American Assets Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. LXP Industrial Trust pays out 270.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. American Assets Trust pays out 107.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. LXP Industrial Trust has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and American Assets Trust has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. American Assets Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts rate LXP or AAT?

LXP Industrial Trust presently has a consensus target price of $10.50, suggesting a potential upside of 21.39%. American Assets Trust has a consensus target price of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.64%. Given LXP Industrial Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe LXP Industrial Trust is more favorable than American Assets Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LXP Industrial Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
American Assets Trust	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Summary

American Assets Trust beats LXP Industrial Trust on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.